Morgan : American Financier

English

ISBN: 0060955899

EAN: 9780060955892

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Business/Business & Economics / Banks & Banking/Antiques & Collectibles / Art/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 03/21/2000

Synopsis: History has remembered J. Pierpont Morgan as a complex and contradictory figure, part robber baron and part patron saint. Now this magisterial biography, based extensively on new material, draws a definitive, full-scale portrait of Morgans tumultuous life both in and out of the public eye.Morgan earned his reputation as the Napoleon of Wall Street by reorganizing the nations railroads and creating some of its greatest industrial trusts, including General Electric and U.S. Steel. At a time when the United States had no Federal Reserve System, he appointed himself a one-man central bank. He had two wives, three yachts, four children, six houses, mistresses, and one of the finest art collections in America. In this extraordinary book, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse vividly portrays the financial colossus, the avid patron of the arts, and the entirely human character behind all the myths. Brilliantly crafted, epic in scope, Morgan reveals a man we have never seen before, offering new insights on the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of Americas Gilded Age.

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Morgan : American Financier

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.36 inches

Width: 5.31 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 23.63 oz

Pages: 848